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ANDREW J. WEED., OF HARDWIGK, VERMONT.

Letters Patent No. 82,774, dated October 6, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUGAR-PAN DERRIGK.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J'. WEED, of Hardwick, in the county of Caledonia, and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Liftinrr and Transporting Sugar-Pans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others 5skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a. top view of my improved apparatus.

Figure 21s a vertical longitudinal sectionof the same, taken through the line z x, fig. 1.

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My invention has for its object to furnish a simple and convenient apparatus for raising and removing the pans from th'e furnace in sugar-houses, which shall be so constructed and arranged that the pans maybe removed from the furnace easily and promptly when required, and which shall at the same time be wholly out of the way when not in use.

And it consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is a frame, consisting of two side-bars, al, and three cross-bars, a2, a3, and a4. The cross-hars a2 a3 at4 are made of the same length, and are placed, the one, a4, between the side-bars al, at or near their centres, and the two, a2 a3, near each other, between the outer ends of the said side-bars a, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. `The inner ends of the side-bars "a1 are'brought together, and are hinged or pivoted to somesuitable support, B.

Between the cross-bars a2 and a.3 are pivoted two friction-rollers, a5, which roll along a circular track, C, suspended from the beams of the sugar-house, or from some other suitable support.

-D is a rectangular frame, resting and sliding longitudinallyupon the side-bars a1 of the frame A, between the cross-bars a3 and a4, so that its position may be easily adjusted to the position of the particular pan to bc raised.

To the frame D are pivoted three shafts, E F F, the shaft 'E being at the centre of the frame D, and the shafts F being placed, one upon each side of and parallel with the said shaft E, and near the sides of said frame D, as shown invfig. 1.

To the shaft E is attached-a drum, e', around which two or three turns of an endless rope should be passed, for convenience in operating said shaft. v I The 'shaft E is also provided with a ratchet-wheel and pawl to hold it securely in any position to which it may be revolved.

The shafts F have drums, b', formed upon them, of a greater 'diameter than the shaft E. The drums lshould be connected with the shaft E by ropes, so that the shafts F may be revolved by the revolution of the By this device theipans can be easily and promptly raised from the furnace, and transported to any desired part of the sugarshouse. i i Y Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and'dcsir'e to secure by Letters Patenti 1. The pivoted or hinged frame A, constructed substantially as described, in combination with the circular track C, as and for the purpose set forth. I l

2.. The combination of theadjustable sliding fram'e D, shaft E, drum el, shafts F F, cross-bar I, adjustable vertical bar Il, and pivoted bar G, with each other and with the pivoted frame A, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the-purpose set forth.

prevent the said vertical bar from dropping down too far.

ANDREW J. WEE D.

` Witnesses:

Ensor: WERD, T. C. BA'rcnaLDen. 

